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Highest Paying Industries for Agricultural Inspectors

The top 40 highest paying industries for agricultural inspectors (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment in those industries are also shown. As shown in the table, with an average annual salary of $63,300, other food manufacturing is the highest paying industry for agricultural inspectors. It is followed by local government, including schools and hospitals industry (average annual salary $53,940). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2015 [1]. For more information about salaries of agricultural inspectors in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 40 Highest Paying Industries for Agricultural Inspectors

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Other Food Manufacturing	$63,300	$33,760	60
2	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$53,940	$31,700	760
3	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$53,940	$31,700	760
4	Animal Food Manufacturing	$50,440	$34,990	60
5	Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers	$49,460	$22,400	50
6	Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers	$47,490	$28,960	70
7	Federal government, including USPS	$45,940	$39,170	4,700
8	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$45,940	$39,170	4,700
9	Testing Laboratories	$45,880	$22,210	290
10	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	$45,880	$22,210	290
11	Educational Services	$44,580	$32,280	110
12	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$44,540	$32,260	110
13	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$44,540	$32,260	110
14	Educational Services - State government owned	$44,540	$32,260	110
15	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$44,390	$28,200	10,030
16	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$44,390	$28,190	9,920
17	Federal, State, and Local Government	$44,390	$28,190	9,920
18	Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$44,030	$29,280	350
19	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$43,570	$24,910	850
20	Dairy Product Manufacturing	$43,490	$31,520	60
21	Wholesale Trade	$43,480	$25,380	520
22	Transportation and Warehousing	$43,440	$30,440	30
23	Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing	$43,260	$26,080	70
24	Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing	$42,880	$32,620	30
25	Grocery and Related Product Merchant Wholesalers	$42,340	$26,110	370
26	Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods	$42,170	$24,890	450
27	Grain and Oilseed Milling	$42,030	$27,220	30
28	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$41,160	$25,050	200
29	State government, including schools and hospitals	$37,600	$24,250	4,570
30	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$37,220	$24,240	4,470
31	Support Activities for Crop Production	$36,680	$20,600	n/a
32	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$36,610	$26,900	80
33	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$36,610	$26,900	80
34	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$36,610	$26,900	80
35	Food Manufacturing	$36,590	$22,130	1,110
36	Manufacturing	$36,590	$22,130	1,110
37	Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry	$36,370	$20,120	540
38	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	$36,370	$20,120	540
39	Support Activities for Animal Production	$35,170	$18,110	n/a
40	Animal Slaughtering and Processing	$32,080	$21,490	770